The SECURE Act signed into law by President Trump made a major change in Required Minimum Distributions(RMD). Those individuals with the Traditional Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) who turned 70 1/2 in 2020, can delay their first RMD until April 1 of the year that they reach age 72. Those individuals with the Traditional IRA who …
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Producers are required to report criminal convictions to their state insurance regulators within 30 days. It would be wise to provide all the facts and court order for the insurance regulators to review. Failure to report convictions withing 30 days, would suggest to regulators that the producer is dishonest and would automatically revoke the insurance …
Original license applications and renewals can be done at the National Insurance Producer Register. Insurance license are issued for a two year period and expire on the last day of the producer’s birth month. There is a $5.00 processing fee. Insurance producer & Limited Lines licenses fees are $215.00* To re-instate a expired license, the …
Unless all of the insurance companies that you are contracted with are assuming financial responsibility for the funds you handle, you will need to maintain a surety bond payable to the People of Illinois and file a completed Insurance Producer/Business Entity Bond (IL446-0152B) with the Department of Insurance. The minimum bond amount is $2,500 or …
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Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) Last trading day this year is December 29 and account balances of that date must be used in calculating RMD. For those individuals with an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) or a 401(k) and have reached their 70 ½ birthday, it is time to plan to take a required minimum distributions. The amount …
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President Clinton signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act(GLBA) (P.L. 106-102) on November 12, 1999. GLBA requires state insurance regulators to issue rules protecting the privacy of insurance consumers’ personal information. These rules require insurance companies, producers, and other entities engaged insurance activities to protect the customer’s financial and health information. It requires insurers to: Notify consumers of their privacy policies; …
Each state sets the amount of coverage provided by their guaranty association and the amounts differs from state to state. The majority of the states followed the lead of specified in the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Model Law: $300,000 in life insurance death benefits $100,000 in net cash surrender or withdrawal values for …
Under the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Model Laws on Annuity Suitability, there are two training requirements. First, insurers are required to train their producers on their products. It mandates insurers properly supervise their producers and check on the suitability of the product to meet the needs of the client. Insurers are also required …
